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spe⋅lunk⋅er
[spi-luhng-ker] 
kər
–noun
| a person who explores caves, esp. as a hobby. |
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| spe·lunk·er (spĭ-lŭng'kər, spē'lŭng'-) n. One who explores caves chiefly as a hobby; a caver. [From obsolete spelunk, cave, from Middle English, from Old French spelunque, from Latin spēlunca, from Greek spēlunx.] spe'lunk'ing n. |
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spelunker
"a cave bug; one who explores caves as a hobby," 1942, formed from obs. spelunk "cave, cavern" (c.1300), from O.Fr. spelunque, from L. spelunca "a cave, cavern, grotto," from Gk. spelynx (gen. spelyngos). An adjective, speluncar "of a cave" is recorded from 1855.
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